Ability to break bad news in perinatology
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental Group: 30 residents (15 from pediatrics and 15 from gynecology and obstetrics) who participated in the first standardized patient encounter to break bad news to a mother about her baby's
Behavioural
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Sponsors
Hospital da Mulher Prof. Dr. José Aristodemo Pinotti - CAISM
Hospital da Mulher Prof. Dr. José Aristodemo Pinotti - CAISM
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: First to fourth year residents in the gynecology and obstetrics program at FCM Unicamp; first and second year residents from pediatrics; third and fourth year residents from the Neonatal program.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Third and fourth year pediatric residents from areas other than Neonatology.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Increase of empathic skills in residents at the end of the study. Metric: Mean scores from the standardized patient evaluation checklist, from residents' self-evaluation checklist, and from the satisfaction questionnaire filled up by residents. These checklists and questionnaire will be adapted from the WEB OSCE SP checklist from Drexel University College of Medicine. The mean scores post intervention will be compared between both groups: intervention and control | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| no secondary outcomes are expected. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactMaria Silvia Setubal
Hospital da Mulher Prof. Dr. José Aristodemo Pinotti - CAISM
Outcome results
None listed